Monsterous alien slugs invade Japan!!

Giant alien slug invades Japan… againrocketnews24.com 2013/06/27
…Japan is currently under threat by Limax Maximus: a giant slug with a distinctive leopard-print skin…can be found increasing at an alarming rate.
As Japanese netizens read the headline, almost unanimously, comments of “It’s Eleking!” echoed like the horrific memories of the nation’s previous encounters with alien slugs…Although, Ultraman had defeated Eleking…it returned several times…more…

Eleking (Wiki) is, of course, a space kaiju/monster from the Japanese TV series, Ultra Seven, and who then reappeared in the series Ultraman Taro ← (Hey, “Taro” is my name!).

You may have heard of the fat slugs recently identified as Arion vulgaris, aka the superslug/killer slug/Spanish slug, though I think we should just go with "the monster". Last year it was thought the Spanish stealth slug, A. flagellus , was invading our washed-out gardens . The stealth slug has been with us since the WWII and it was believed that our wet summer meant it was on the increase, but it turns out it has a friend – and this friend eats everything.